Sarah Paine

And economics is a huge one.

There is no definitive answer in these wars, but rather you can give analytical concepts, and this is my reason for doing these lectures, is to say, hey, don't play half-court tennis.

Wouldn't that be a basic thing?

Is it gonna provide you the answers if you look at the other side?

No, it won't, but it'll position you to be in a better shape.

Or tossing out limited versus unlimited wars, and unlimited wars are putting people on death ground.

Does that answer the question?

No, but it goes, okay, if Vladimir Putin has an unlimited objective vis-a-vis the world order, and he's basically said that he does, then compromising with him would be a mistake on that subject.

right?

And you're going to have to deal with him one way or another.

So it's the, what is it, history isn't over.

The great, the longstanding struggle between continental powers that want to divide the world up into mutually exclusive spheres of influence and butcher each other over territory, very negative some.

They tend to be very authoritarian.

Or this maritime order that says, hey, surely join the party.

Follow the rules, you'll make money.

Right.

And this is Angela Merkel's thinking this of, hey, we're going to she was a German chancellor for many years.

And she's thinking Putin will sell a lot of oil.

He'll make money.

It's a win win, surely.